Just for comparison the actual values are like this:
AWG___mm²
4/0__107
3/0__85.0
2/0__67.4
1/0__53.5
1____42.4
2____33.6
3____27.0
4____21.2
5____16.8
6____13.3
7____10.6
8____8.35
9____6.62
10___5.27
11___4.15
12___3.31
13___2.63
12___2.08
15___1.65
16___1.31
17___1.04
18___0.823
19___0.653
20___0.519
21___0.412
22___0.325
23___0.259
24___0.205
25___0.163
26___0.128
27___0.102
28___0.0804
29___0.0646
30___0.0503
As you can see, the difference is significant only for sizes 0 and larger.
At the same time, anyone familiar with metric sizes will object. Quite correctly: The last few sizes in the first message don't exist. For some reason the sizes leave logic after 25mm². Instead of 40 like you would expect, they have choosen 35. And this then goes on with illogical sizes like 95mm². The whole thing should be reworked.
Here's the MCM to actual metric to my suggested 'rough' conversion. Why are there so many MCM sizes? You can't possibly stock them all.
2000___1013____1000mm²
1750___887_____Remove size
1600___809_____800mm²
1500___760_____Remove size
1250___633_____630mm²
1000___507_____500mm²
800____405_____400mm²
750____380_____Remove size
700____355_____Remove size
600____304_____315 mm²
500____253_____250 mm²
450____228_____Remove size
400____203_____200 mm²
350____177_____Remove size
300____152_____160 mm²
250____127_____125 mm²
Look at the numbers and you'll see that the conversion is rather simple...